Method of making artificial flies



Dec. 12, 1950 w. F. slVEY ETAL 2,533,523.

METHOD OF MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLIES Original Filed Jan. 21, 1949 Patented Dec. 12, 1950 METHOD or MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLIES William F. Sivey and Delia I. Sivey, Tecumseh, Nebr.

Original application January 21, 1949, Serial No. 71,864. Divided and this application December 16, 1949, Serial No. 133,326

4 Claims. 1

Our invention relates to fishing lures, and the method of making the same; and this application is a division of our copending application Serial No. 71,864, filed January 21, 1949.

The principal purpose of our invention is to provide a new and improved fishing lure that has a striped appearance and to provide a new and improved method of making such a lure. The fishing lure is made of a striped appearance to simulate certain insects and flies that have a striped or substantially striped body portion, so as to give said body portion a life-like appearance in the water that will attract the fish.

The fishing lure is provided on a hook and the hook is utilized as the means upon which the striped body portion of the lure and, if desired, a hackle, is mounted. By utilizing our method of making such a striped body portion on a fishing lure, such as a fiy or similar device, a very natural life-like appearing lure is produced, which has great durability. The durability of the lure is obtained by making the striped body portion in a series of knots tied around the shank portion of the hook so that each knot is independently secured to the shank of the hook and at the same time the knots collectively form the stripes of the body portion.

It is a particular purpose of our invention to provide a body portion of a fishing lure that is of a striped appearance, by a method that involves utilizing a pair of contrasting cords that are knotted about the shank or body portion of the hook in such a manner that there is a row of knots formed on diametrically opposite sides of the shank portion, with always the cord of the same color outwardly, whereby a stripe of said color is formed on diametrically opposite sides of said shank portion and stripes of the contrasting color are formed between the two diametrically opposite stripes, these contrasting stripes also lying opposite each other along the shank of the hook in a position substantially ninety degrees around the circumference of the shank portion from the first mentioned stripes.

Other objects and advantages of our invention will appear as the description of the drawings proceeds. We desire to have it understood, however, that we do not intend to limit ourselves to the particular details shown or described, excent as defined in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a view in elevation of a fish hook, showing the first step in the application of a binding thread to the hook,

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the contrastdicated at I8.

2 ing cords, in position on diametrically opposite sides of the shank portion of the hook before complete securement to the hook.

Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the binding thread in position on said shank to hold the cords in a position parallel to the length of said shank on opposite sides thereof,

Fig. 4 is a view in elevation, showing the knotted formation partly completed on the shank of the hook and one of the knots in the course of ty- Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the hook in the same position as viewed in Fig. 1, but with the body portion of the lure completed,

Fig. 6 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the hackle applied to the hook having the body portion thereon shown in Fig. 5.

Referring in detail to the drawings, a fish hook having an eye ill at one end thereof, a barbed hook II at the other end thereof, and a shank portion I2 is utilized for the lure. A binding thread l3, which may be black, is secured to the shank portion l2 in any desired fashion, for example, by laying one end of the thread along the shank and anchoring that end by wrapping a plurality of turns l4 spirally over same in a crisscross pattern, as will be clear from Fig. 1. The free end of the binding thread then is wound around the shank I2 a plurality or times, as indicated at I5, to anchor the same to the shank near the eye l0.

Two cords of contrasting colors, l6 and H are then laid alongside the shank portion I 2, as shown in Fig. 2, over the spirals M of binding thread wound upon said shank, said cords l6 and I! extending considerably beyond the hook end ll of the fish hook, as much more length of the cords l6 and I! will be necessary to form a knotted body portion than the lengths that are laid along the shank l2. The lengths that lie beside the shank l2 preferably are arranged substantially diametrically opposite each other and. are held in position by wrapping the free end of the thread I 3 spirally over cords l6 and H, as in- The spirally wound portion l8 extends from the secured portion l5 over the cords l6 and I! toward the hook end II, as will be obvious from Figs. 2 and 3. In order to anchor the spirals I8 in place thread I3 is wound or tied a plurality of times around the shank l2 and the cords l6 and l! as indicated at l9, and then is passed lengthwise of the shank back to a point between the portion l5 and the eye l0 and is tied around the shank I2 a plurality of times, as at 20, to firmly anchor said thread I3 to the shank. The length of thread I3 extending from this anchored portion 20 is for use in securing the hackle in a manner to be described below. The longitudinally extending portion of the thread I3 is indicated by the numeral 22 in Fig. 3.

The cords I6 and I1 have long end portions 23 and 24 that are woven or tied in rows of knots on the shank I2. The rows of knots start at a point adjacent the hook II, where the cords I6 and I! are secured by means of the binding thread I3 at I9, and they run lengthwise of the shank I2 toward the eye Ill. These knots are formed on diametrically opposite sides of the shank I2 and are all alike. The knots are drawn up in close adjacency to each other as the same are formed, so as to form a substantially continuous solid body portion from one end to the other end of said rows, and each knot embraces or encompasses within it the shank I2 so that every knot is securely fixed on the shank. Furthermore each of said knots encompasses the longitudinally extending portions of the :cords I6 and IT, as well as the length of binding thread 22 that runs along the same over the spirally wound binding thread portion I8.

It is meant, by saying that the knots are all tied in the same manner, that the cord of a particular color is always outward at the same portion of every knot. As a result, with the knots tied side by side on opposite sides of the shank I2 there will be rows of exposed portions 25 and rows of exposed portions 26 of the two contrasting colored cords arranged side by side lengthwise of the body portion of the lure. This will give a longitudinally striped appearance to the body portion of the lure that is very desirable. The portions 25 in the drawings are indicated as being a dark color, while the portions 25 are indicated as being a light color. For example, assuming cord I! to be red and cord IE to be white, the portions 25 would be red and the portions 26 white.

In Fig. 4 the tying of one of the knots is illustrated. The cord I6, which extends from the outwardly facing side of the shank I2 (i. e., the side nearest the reader) has the contrasting cord H which extends from the diametrically opposite. side of the shank I2, first passed over it, as indicated at 21, and then passed under it, as indicated'at 28, the free end of I6 passing over the cord H at 29 so that the two cords I6 and II, when drawn up tight, will form a single knot made up of two contrasting strands, but with the shank I2 and the parallel length of the cords I6 and I! lying adjacent the same included in or embraced by the knot.

The knot that is being tied in Fig. 4 will lie on the side of the shank I2 from which the hook I I extends, i. e., the underside. A knot is next tied in exactly the same manner on the opposite or upper side of the shank. These knots, with the same relative arrangement of the cords for each one thereof are tied alternately on opposite sides of the shank I2 at positions that are substantially diametrically opposite each other relative to the shank I2. This results in the formation of stripes by the knot portions produced by the cords I6 and I '1, resulting in contrasting colored stripes 25' and 26 running lengthwise of the shank 12., The, tying of the knots alternately on opposite sides of the shank I2 is continued lengthwise of the body portion in closely adjacent arrangement until thelength of body portion that is desired 4 is formed on the shank. Then the free end portion of the thread I3 is utilized for tying down the last pair of knots formed, as indicated at 30 in Figs. 5 and 6, and the ends 23 and 24 extending beyond the last knot being cut oil.

A hackle having a body portion 3I and hairs or similar strands 32 extending therefrom is also tied on the shank I2 by means of the end 2I of the thread to overlie the end of the body portion nearest the eye ID, if such a hackle is desired.

By a single knot is meant the type of knot that is illustrated in Fig. 4, which is substantially the same type of knot that is used in forming the foundation portion of a single or double bow knot, but without forming any bow thereon. Such, a knot, when tied to encompass a member such as the shank I2, serves somewhat the same purpose as a hitch, in that it firmly anchors and secures to the shank I2 the two cords of which the knot is tied.

Each succeeding knot, when tied on the shank in this manner, holds the preceding knot tightly in position and as the last single knot is tied down by means of the thread I3 the entire row of knots will be firmly anchored on the shank I2 so that a very rugged and long lived fishing lure body portion is formed in this manner.

In order to increase the durability of the lure, it is preferred, before the tying of the knots in cords I6 and II is begun (i. e., at the stage illustrated by Fig. 3), to coat the shank of the hook and the parallel strands I6 and IT secured thereto with a cementitious binding material. While this cement still is moist and uncured, the tying of the knots in cords I6 and IT is carried out so that each knot is independently cemented to the shank of the hook. Should any particular knot subsequently be damaged by abrasive action or the like, the adjoining knots still will remain firmly secured to the hook by the cement so ther is no danger of the cords I6 and II unraveling or becoming untied. To further increase the durability of the lure, an additional coating of liquid binding material may be applied to the body after the weaving or tying has been completed (i. e., at the stage illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6) From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention is well adapted to attain all of the ends and objects hereinbefore set forth together with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherent to the structure.

It will be understood that certain features and subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features and subcombinations. This is cotemplated by and is within the scope of the appended claims.

Inasmuch as various modifications of the invention may be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In the method of making a fishing lure, knotting cords alternately on opposite sides of the shank portion of a fishing hook with the knots in close adjacency to each other lengthwise of said shank portion and with each knot embracing said shank portion.

2. In the method of making a fishing lure, knotting a pair of cords of contrasting colors alternately on opposite sides of the shank portion of a fishing hook with the knots in closeadjacency to each other lengthwise of said shank portion and with each knot embracing said shank portion.

3. In the method of making a fishing lure, tying knots in rows about the shank portion of a fishing hook with a pair of cords of different colors, said knots being tied alternately on opposite sides of said shank portion and all knots being tied alike so as to dispose cord portions of the same colors in the corresponding portions of all the knots.

4. In the method of making a fishing lure, securing a pair of cords of different colors longitudinally on the shank of a fishing hook with the end portions of said cords extending loosely beyond said shank, tying the loose end portions of said cords in knots in rows about said shank and said longitudinal cords thereon, said knots being tied alternately on opposite sides of said shank and all knots being tied alike so as to dispose cord portions of the same colors in the corresponding portions of all the knots.

WILLIAM F. SIVEY. DELIA I. SIVEY.

No references cited. 

